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in·struc·tion  (n-strkshn)
n.
1. The act, practice, or profession of instructing.
2.
a. Imparted knowledge.
b. An imparted or acquired item of knowledge; a lesson.
3. Computer Science A sequence of bits that tells a central processing unit to perform a particular operation and can contain data to be used in the operation.
4.
a. An authoritative direction to be obeyed; an order. Often used in the plural: had instructions to be home by midnight.
b. instructions Detailed directions on procedure: read the instructions for assembly.

in·struction·al adj.

instructions [ɪnˈstrʌkʃənz]
pl n
1. directions, orders, or recommended rules for guidance, use, etc.
2. (Law) Law the facts and details relating to a case given by a client to his solicitor or by a solicitor to a barrister with directions to conduct the case to take instructions
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Noun1.instructions - a manual usually accompanying a technical device and explaining how to install or operate itinstructions - a manual usually accompanying a technical device and explaining how to install or operate it
manual - a small handbook
Translations
instructions تعليمات pokyny instruktioner Anweisungen οδηγίες instrucciones ohjeet instructions upute istruzioni 指示 지시 instructies instruksjoner instrukcje instruções инструкции instruktioner คำแนะนำสั่งสอน talimatlar lời chỉ dẫn 说明


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When I received the answer, referring me to his written instructions to his lawyer in London -- and when a copy of those instructions was placed in my hands -- I positively declined, on becoming acquainted with them, to receive the writer's decision as final.
In that time he acquired a somewhat ready facility in the use of that dialect, by means of which he was to carry the instructions of spiritual truth to the men of the forest, though as late as 1649 he still lamented his want of skill in this respect.
"Highly creditable," he said, and took a note of his instructions on the spot.
 
 
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